May 1, 2017

NUGA 2017: UNIPORT Emerges Overall Champions with 150 Medals.

What did you expect with
the likes of Sam Dede and co as captains of team UNIPORT? You obviously
wouldn't expect them to lose. Never! Not when Sam Dede is still filled energy,
just like the one he exhibited in ISAKABA.

One can never deny the
fact that Sam has transferred such energy to his team (team UNIPORT) at the
just concluded NUGA games as his team (UNIPORT) has championed allotherparticipants.

The University of
Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has emerged the overall winners of the 25th
Nigeria University Games (NUGA) with a massive 150 medals. The games were
held at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM)
between April 22 and April 29.

The medals table released
by the NUGA secretariat in Makurdi shows that a total of 57 Universities
contested for medals at the sports fiesta. UNIPORT had 70 gold, 47 silver and
33 bronze medals secured in Judo, Athletics, Taekwondo, Volleyball, Basketball,
Scrabble and Tennis.

The Medals Table

Ahmadu Bello University
(ABU), Zaria won 11 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals to emerge a distant
second while Benson Idahosa University (BIU) came third with 10 gold, 7 silver
and 9 bronze.

University of Lagos (UNILAG)
with 20 medals, consisting of 9 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze took fourth
position while University of Benin (UNIBEN) was fifth, and the host institution
took the 11th position with 2 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals.

Tammy Reuben Is A Graduate Of English And Literary Studies Whose Love For Teaching English As A Second Language And Providing Students With Useful Educational And Secular Information Resulted In The Creation Of This Blog.